Practice question
A fourteen-year-old is alleged to have committed one of the serious offenses specifically listed in amended section 20-A. Explain why intensive intervention under that section is not an adult criminal sentence, and identify the essential judicial safeguards.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2006/ra_9344_2006.html — RA 9344, Titles I, IV and VII, especially sections 6, 20, 57 and 60–61, read with RA 10630.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10630_2013.html — sections 3, 6 and 11, amended age rule, intervention and IJISC provisions, qualified parental civil liability and local-ordinance protections.
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